A Phase 2 interventional study of Bimagrumab and Placebo in Heart Failure, Diastolic, Diastolic Heart Failure and Heart Failure, Normal Ejection Fraction, sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company. Not yet recruiting at 9 sites in 4 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-06.
Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
This study will look at how bimagrumab affects adults who have a type of heart failure called HFpEF (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction), where the heart pumps normally but does not fill with blood as well as it should. Participation in the study will last about 76 weeks.
199 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure, Diastolic; 44 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 540 is above the median of 48 across 139 interventional studies indexed under Heart Failure, Diastolic.
Browse Heart Failure, Diastolic studies →Eli Lilly and Company is the lead sponsor of 2,106 studies on the registry; 152 are open to participants now.
Of its 536 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 357 (67%) have results posted.
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6MWD must be all of the following:
Have documented evidence of at least one of the following:
Exclusion Criteria:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.
Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.
The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
A “mini-stroke”: temporary stroke-like symptoms caused by reduced blood flow to part of the brain, spinal cord or eye, without signs of a new stroke on a scan.
Stroke symptoms need emergency care at once, even if they go away.
A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.
NYHA class (heart failure)
The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.
Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)
The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
TIA (transient ischaemic attack)
A “mini-stroke”: temporary stroke-like symptoms caused by reduced blood flow to part of the brain, spinal cord or eye, without signs of a new stroke on a scan.
Stroke symptoms need emergency care at once, even if they go away.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
HbA1c
A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants will receive bimagrumab subcutaneously (SC)
Drug: Bimagrumab
Participants will receive bimagrumab SC
Drug: Bimagrumab
Participants will receive placebo SC
Drug: Placebo
Participants will receive placebo SC
Drug: Placebo
Administered SC
Also known as: LY3985863
Administered SC
Change from Baseline in the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-Clinical Summary Score (KCCQ-CSS)
Time frame: Baseline, Week 52
Change from Baseline in the 6-Minute Walk Test Distance (6MWD)
Time frame: Baseline, Week 52
Change from baseline in High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP)
Time frame: Baseline, Week 52
Percentage of Participants who Achieve Responder Status for KCCQ-CSS
Time frame: Week 52
Percentage of Participants who Achieve Responder Status for 6-Minute Walk Test Distance
Time frame: Week 52
Change from Baseline in Early Transmitral Inflow Velocity / Early Diastolic Mitral Annular Velocity (E/e')
Time frame: Baseline, Week 52
Change from Baseline in Total Body Lean Mass
Time frame: Baseline, Week 52
Plan to share: Yes — Anonymized individual patient level data will be provided in a secure access environment upon approval of a research proposal and a signed data sharing agreement.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Clinical study report
Time frame: Data are available 6 months after the primary publication or approval of the indication studied in the US and EU, whichever is later. Data will be indefinitely available for requesting.
Access criteria: A research proposal should be approved by an independent review panel and researchers should sign a data sharing agreement.
Data sharing details ↗ · vivli.org
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